Stair-carpet fastener



(No Model.)

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STAIR CARPET FASTENER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Gratos.

MILTON T. J. OCHS, OF ALLENTO WN, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAI R-CARPET FASTENER.

SPECIFCATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 548,452, dated October 22, 1895.

Application iiied March 28, 1895. Serial No. 543,493. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m z5 may concern..-

Be it known that I, MILTON T. J. OcHs, of Allentown, in the countyof Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Stair-Carpet Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved stair-carpet fastener which is simple and durable in construction, can be cheaply manufactured, readily applied, and arranged to securely fasten the carpet in place.

The invention consists principally of two plates or rods adj ustably and pivotally connected to each other and having their outer ends respectively adapted to engage the tread and the nosing of the stairs, to securely fasten the carpet in place.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed ont in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the acoompan yin gv drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

My device is formed of two plates or rods A and B, preferably made of metal and held adjustable on one another, and with the ends preferably formed with teeth A and B', respectively, adapted to pass through the carpet C to engage the under side of the nosing D and the top of the tread D of the stairs, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2, whereby the carpet is fastened at two points .by the plates A and B, which are thus wedged in between the tread and the nosing. Instead of directly engaging the carpet, the latter may be held in place by the usual stair-rods secured in position by two fasteners wedged in between the nosing and tread beyond the side edges of the carpet, the said fasteners pressing the rods in place on the back of the stairs and front of the carpet.

In order to hold the plates A and B in position, I provide the plate B with a verticallydisposed slot B2, formed in its sides with teeth B3, adapted to be engaged by a projection or lug A2, formed on the lower end of the plate A and extending through the slot B2 to engage the front of the teeth B3, as plainly indicated in the drawings. The lug A2 projects downward and outward and is provided at its outer end with a cross-bar As extending across the face of the plate B.

in the upper end of the plate B is arranged a slot B4, through which extends a button E, mounted to turn on the plate A and adapted to pass with its head through the slot B'i when moved in a vertical position and to engage the face of the plate B when turned horizontally into the position shown in Figs. l and 2.

Now it will be seen that the plates A and B can be adjusted to such a length as to fit between the tread and nosing of stairs of different-sized steps; and it will also be seen that by moving the lug A2 into engagement with the desired set of teeth B3 any desired length may be given to the fastener. When it is dcsired to apply the fastener, the two plates are adjusted to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that when extending at an obtuse angle to each other the distance between their ends will be just equal to that between the tread and nosing of the stair. The operation is now completed by placing the plates in position and forcing them to an aligned disposition, as shown by full lines in Fig. 2. This operation will result in the outward movement of the ends of the plate, causing them to bind against the tread and nosing, respectively, and thereby securely hold the carpet in place. Thus it will be seen that the principle of my invention is much the same as that of the Well-known toggle-links. Still further, it will be seen that the button E is not absolutely essential to my invention, and that the plates will bind together and hold in the fixed engagement because of this binding. Vhen, however, the button is used, (and this is preferable at all times) it should be passed through the slot B4 and turned to lock therewith as soon as the part assumes the position shown by full lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A stair carpet fastener, comprising two ICO sections, one of which is formed with two longitudinally elongated slots, one of said slots having" on its inner side ratchet teeth or studs,

the remaining section having a projection ca4 the free ends of the links or plates, substantially as described.

3. A stair carpet fastener, consisting of two. sections, one of which is formed with a longitudinal slot therein, the said slot having ratcheted sides, the remaining section having a projection'thereon Which is passed through the slot and which is capable of adjustable and pivotal connection with the ratchet teeth of the same, substantially as described.

-MILTON T. J. OCHS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. DILYARD, THos. O. GINKINGER. 

